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AI Skills for deployment of a MATLAB Live Script as a free iOS App
My Live Script to mobile-phone app conversion in 20-minutes-ish, with AI describes the conversion of a MATLAB Live Script to an iOS App running in a simulator. The educational app is now available on the App Store as Newton’s Cradle, Unbound. It’s free, ad-free, and intended to interest students of physics and the curious.
I provide below a Claude AI-generated overview of the deployment process, and I attach in standard Markdown format two related Claude-generated skill files. The Markdown files can be rendered in Visual Studio Code. (Change .txt to .md.) I used my universal agentic AI setup, but being totally unfamiliar with the Apple app submission process, I walked through the many steps slowly, with continuous assistance over the course of many hours. If I were to do this again, much could be automated.
There were several gotcha’s. For example, simulator screenshots for both iPhone and iPad must be created of a standard size, not documented well by APPLE but known to the AI, and with a standard blessed time at the top, not the local time. Claude provided a bash command to eliminate those when simulating. A privacy policy on an available website and contact information are needed. Claude helped me design and create a fun splash page and to deploy it on GitHub. The HTML was AI-generated and incorporated an Apple-approved icon (Claude helped me go find those), an app-specific icon made by Claude based on a prompt. We added a link to a privacy policy page and a link to a dedicated Google support email account created for the App - Claude guided me through that, too. Remarkably, the App was approved and made available without revision.
Documentation Overview
1. iOS App Store Submission Skill
Location: SKILL-ios-store-submission.md
This is a comprehensive guide covering the complete App Store submission workflow:
• Prerequisites (Developer account, Xcode, app icon, privacy policy)
• 12-step process from certificate creation through final submission
• Troubleshooting for common errors (missing icons, signing issues, team not appearing)
• Screenshot requirements and capture process
• App Store Connect metadata configuration
• Export compliance handling
• Apple trademark guidelines
• Complete checklists and glossary
• Reference URLs for all Apple portals
Key sections: Certificate creation, Xcode signing setup, app icon requirements (1024x1024 PNG), screenshot specs, privacy policy requirements, build upload process, and post-submission status tracking.
2. GitHub Pages Creation Skill
Location: github-pages/SKILL.md
This documents the GitHub Pages setup workflow using browser automation:
• 5-step process to create and deploy static websites
• HTML templates for privacy policies (iOS apps with no data collection)
• Browser automation commands (tabs_context_mcp, navigate, form filling)
• Enabling GitHub Pages in repository settings
• Troubleshooting common deployment issues
• Output URL format: https://username.github.io/repo-name/
Key templates: Privacy policy HTML with proper Apple-style formatting, contact information structure, and responsive CSS.
These files capture the complete technical process, making it easy to:
• Submit future iOS apps without re-discovering the steps
• Help others through the submission process
• Reference specific troubleshooting solutions
• Reuse HTML templates for other apps' privacy policies
